Graham Jackson (British conductor)
Graham Jackson (15 February 1967 – 23 July 2012) was a British conductor.
Born in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, Jackson learned the bassoon as a youth, and was first bassoon in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.[1] He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1985 to 1988. Jackson ten spent three years learning conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. In 1992, he joined Welsh National Opera and served on the conducting staff there until 2000.
From 2000 to 2003, Jackson was principal conductor at the Theater Bremen. He became Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Theater Krefeld and Mönchengladbach in 2003. [2] He concluded his tenure in this post in July 2012,[3] several weeks before his death from cancer.[4] His work in contemporary music included conducting premieres of works by François Sarhan, Charlotte Seither, Stefan Heucke and Sidney Corbett.
Jackson was married for 19 years to the artist and flautist Adrienne Jackson. The couple had four children, Oliver, Helena, Daniel and Tess. His widow and children survive him.[1]
Recordings (as conductor)
- Anthems for the Chapel Royal of Henry Purcell. - Hamburg: BMG Ariola, (1994)
- Noah (soundtrack) Corbett, Sidney. - Berlin: Detlef Kessler, P 2004
- Essay on Shadow and Truth (soundtrack) Seither, Charlotte. Zeitklang Edition (2011)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Timothy Reynish (2012-10-02). "Graham Jackson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ↑ Christoph Elles (2009-11-24). "Generalmusikdirektor Graham Jackson soll gehen". Westdeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ↑ Dirk Richerdt (2012-07-24). "Jackson: Tränen zum Abschied". Rheinischen Post. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ↑ Petra Diederichs (2012-07-24). "Trauer um Graham Jackson". Rheinischen Post. Retrieved 2012-08-06.